security threat in afghanistan. we had the ability in iraq. he has to get all in on corruption. he is right about pakistan and quite frankly our contracting practices have undermined the afghan government. so there are things on our side that we can do to help him. >> when you say pakistan, and pakistani military intelligence service part of the problem or the service? >> both. they have taken casualties and taken the fight to the front tier regions, but they are double dealing. they don't know whether we are going to stay or leave. our president needs to say that we want to get it right, and history will judge him not by when he left, but what he leaves behind. >> are you talking to the president and rahm emanuel? >> yes, why not? we have young men and women literally shot at as we speak. it is inconceivable to me that the partisan politics in washington continues to affect war policy. i don't want to do in afghanistan what we did in iraq. >> let me switch gears briefly, your colleague in south